NY mom pleads guilty to running massive pot operation

Andrea Sanderlin leaves federal court after making bail, Monday, July 1, 2013, in Brooklyn, New York. She was freed on $500,000 bond despite a federal magistrate judge's misgivings about her finances and about the friends who stepped up to co-sign for her. A federal complaint says Sanderlin, 45, of Scarsdale, N.Y., operated a warehouse in Queens, NY, that contained a "sophisticated operation to grow and process marijuana." A DEA spokeswoman said that the 2,800 marijuana plants would have been worth $3 million on the street. She plead guilty to running the multimillion-dollar pot-growing operation October 8, 2013.

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Andrea Sanderlin leaves federal court after making bail, Monday, July 1, 2013, in Brooklyn, New York.
Sanderlin was arrested and jailed in May 2013 after coming under suspicion after U.S. Drug Enforcement agents found that a Consolidated Edison utility account linked to her was being used to power lighting, irrigation and ventilation at a Queens warehouse, court papers said. The operation was listed under the name Fantastic Enterprises. She plead guilty to running the multimillion-dollar pot-growing operation October 8, 2013.

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Andrea Sanderlin, a New York mom who later plead guilty to running a $3 million marijuana operation out of a New York City warehouse, leaves federal court after making bail, Monday, July 1, 2013, in Brooklyn, New York.

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A warehouse in Queens, N.Y. where Andrea Sanderlin allegedly ran a marijuana-growing business.

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A warehouse in Queens, N.Y. is where Andrea Sanderlin ran a marijuana-growing business.
A federal complaint says agents entered the warehouse and found two rooms designed to grow marijuana. It says each had state-of-the-art lighting, irrigation and ventilation systems.

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Here is a photo of one of the appliances used in the operation to grow and process marijuana.

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A warehouse in Queens, N.Y. where Andrea Sanderlin allegedly ran a marijuana-growing business.

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A warehouse in Queens, N.Y. where Andrea Sanderlin allegedly ran a marijuana-growing business.

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A warehouse in Queens, N.Y. where Andrea Sanderlin allegedly ran a marijuana-growing business.

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This is the home of Andrea Sanderlin in the wealthy NYC suburb of Scarsdale, N.Y., where she lived with her two daughters.